Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Todd, University of California-San Diego; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

a dedicated facility with the requisite teaching,office, and laboratory space required to support the educational and research programs andpersonnel.ConclusionsLANL’s investment in the EI is building a firm foundation for coupled education/researchprograms that are defining innovative approaches to workforce development. These sameprograms will directly address economic competitiveness issues through the new educationprograms and exploratory research being developed with the partner universities. With furtherinvestments, these Institutes can expand their education/research portfolio, establishcollaborative efforts with additional university partners and government laboratories, increasethe technology focus areas, and address a variety of

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

course or its equivalent. ManyTeaching Assistants work in laboratories or do grading of papers; the course also discussesinterpersonal skills. For international students, ESL courses can be taken simultaneously withthis course. The course is continually updated by its instructor to keep pace with the improvinglanguage skills of new doctoral students and changes in technology. The course covers issues ofacademic integrity, professional behavior, e-mail protocol, meetings leadership and participationskills and others that all contribute to both professional and instructional effectiveness.EvaluationAll instructors, including Teaching Assistants are regularly evaluated at NJIT, through acarefully monitored and student-controlled process

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Technology and African American Studies (2006) from George Mason University.Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shaundra Bryant Daily is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory, working in the Affective Computing Group. Her main interests include the design of technological tools to enable reflection on attitudes, beliefs, and values. She holds a Bachelor (2001) and Master (2003) of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical-Florida State University College of Engineering. She recently finished a Master of Science (2005) degree at the Media Laboratory where she designed and evaluated interfaces to support affective development through

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-617: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS A MOTIVATION FORATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOLNihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy Nihad Dukhan is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches courses in heat transfer, thermodynamics and energy systems. His ongoing pedagogical interests include developing undergraduate research programs, service-learning programs, and assessing their impact on students’ soft skills. His technical research areas are advanced cooling technologies for high-power devices. Dr. Dukhan earned his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toledo.Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

offers comprehensive masters degrees, and has a total population of about 320graduate students (the undergraduate population is about 4800). Cal Poly is renown for its'laboratory intensive, hands-on approach to education. Faculty teaching loads are high, and thecommitment to the student is legendary. The senior project is still the capstone to theundergraduate experience, the school is unique in its' heavy commitment to the liberal artscomponent of a college engineering education. Unlike most other CSU campuses, which arelocated in areas of high population density, Cal Poly is rural. Thus, the majority of CENGgraduate students are full-time, only a small pool of part-time students is available. For thisreason, Cal Poly is focused on filling the